Mark van Eldik

Mark van Eldik

van Eldik at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality Netherlands Dutch
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2005present
Rallies 8
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 0
Stage wins 0
Total points 2
First rally 2005 Rally Catalunya

Mark van Eldik (born 1967) is a Dutch rally driver, who scored World Rally Championship points on the 2010 Rallye Deutschland with a ninth-place finish.

Career

Van Eldik began rallying in 2002, competing in Dutch national events. In 2005 he made his World Rally Championship debut on Rally Catalunya, finishing 29th overall in his Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII.[1] In 2006 he purchased a Subaru Impreza S8 WRC, which he then replaced with a newer S10 version later in the year. He competed in that car on the 2006 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 24th overall. At the end of the year he competed in Wales Rally GB in a Group N Mitsubishi, finishing 41st.[1] For 2007, van Eldik purchased an Impreza S12 from Prodrive, which he used to take the Dutch championship title. He also finished 26th on the 2007 Rally Deutschland, retired with mechanical failure on the 2007 Rally Catalunya and finished 34th on the 2007 Wales Rally GB.[1] In 2008, van Eldik competed on just the one WRC event, 2008 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 23rd.[1] In 2009, he competed in both an Impreza S14 WRC and a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05.[1] In 2010 he has also used a Škoda Fabia S2000, in which he retired from the 2010 Ypres Rally. At the 2010 Rallye Deutschland, van Eldik scored his best WRC result to date with a ninth-place finish, also picking up two world championship points.

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2005 Mark van Eldik Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRC ARG FIN GER GBR
JPN FRA ESP
29
AUS
- 0
2006 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER
24
FIN JPN CYP TUR
AUS NZL - 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII GBR
41
2007 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRE
FIN
GER
26
NZL
ESP
Ret
FRA
JPN
IRE
GBR
34
- 0
2008 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON
SWE
MEX
ARG
JOR
ITA
GRE
TUR
FIN
GER
23
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
GBR
- 0
2010 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC 08 SWE
MEX
JOR
TUR
NZL
POR
BUL
FIN
GER
9
JPN
FRA
ESP
GBR
22nd 2

* Season still in progress

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